Whispering Verse

Shade did not stay overnight at Luvia's place, but returned home in the dark. After all, Dorothy said she would come to Saint Teresa Square today.

I thought this slightly busy Friday was finally coming to an end. But as soon as Shade walked out of the basement, Dorothy hurried down the stairs with the gas light on, wearing slippers:

"Oh, Shade, you're finally back. If you don't come back, I really don't know what to do."

"What's wrong?"

Shade asked in surprise, and walked up the stairs. The blonde girl thrust the pages of his poem manuscript into his hands:

"Half an hour ago, a message appeared on your poem page. Miss Denister is coming here at nine o'clock in the evening, so you can get ready. Although I don't know what you want to prepare, but fortunately you are back, and now it is Eight ten"

"Nineteen minutes and twenty-three seconds."

Shade told the precise time, and then realized that Miss Daniste spent more than half a month to finally collect all the materials for the "Ritual - Calling the Silver Moon Library Door".

"That's great. You don't need to prepare anything. Oh, I'm going to boil a pot of hot water and prepare black tea."

"I'm not here anymore."

Dorothy kissed the side of Shad's face, and then touched his back amidst Mia's dissatisfied cry:

"I don't want to disturb your business."

"But."

Shade wanted to call Dorothy, but the sorceress who had already walked into the hall guessed what he wanted to say and looked back at him with a smile:

"I'll go back to my apartment on Quill Street to get some clothes. I'll come back at half past ten to hear more about your adventures in the Randall Valley. Or later? I don't know how long you'll need."

Miss Denister was probably too excited. When Shade opened the door downstairs at nine o'clock sharp and saw the thirteen-ring sorceress coming out of the "Midnight Nightmare Carriage", her first words were Instead of saying good night to Shade, he asked nervously:

"Is the source of chaos still here with you?"

"Of course I am, why not?"

Shade asked curiously, watching the carriage glide away invisible in the shadows.

"I'm just worried that something will go wrong in the end. After all, you know how long I've been waiting for this day."

She was carrying a large black suitcase, and Shade politely reached out to take it after Miss Denist entered the door to help carry it. It contained ritual materials.

This special ritual, which can call the "Silver Moon Library Door", needs to be held in the "Moon Sacred Residence" in the "Library or Study Scene". Room 2 on the second floor of Saint Teresa Square is the Holy Moon Residence. In the first half of the month, Lesia paid to help decorate the living room of Room 2 into a study and reception room, so the ceremony took place there. held.

There are other benefits to this kind of decoration. The [Secret Keeper's Hall] is also in the living room of Room 2. The table and chairs make it convenient for Shade to use it at any time.

This is the most complex ritual that Shade has participated in so far. Miss Denister manipulated the items in the box she had brought and painted a ritual matrix on the floor between the desk and the coffee table.

The thirteen-ring sorceress relied on her exquisite control and thaumaturgy that Shade couldn't understand to make the materials automatically fly to where they should be. But such detailed work as adjusting the inclination of the silver mirror and sprinkling "star dust" around specific runes still requires Shade and Miss Danister to do it themselves.

It took nearly forty minutes to set up the ceremony. After everything was ready, Miss Danister took out the wordless black book and checked it several times with Shade before finally confirming that everything was fine.

At this time, the floor of Room 2 on the second floor was smeared with mercury runes, and a high platform was built with blessed holy silver and olive branches. On the high platform was a gold and silver floor-to-ceiling mirror. The mirror itself is not an extraordinary object, but it is a creation of the elves. It has a history of 1,300 years, and the dense lines are covered with elven runes.

The number of gems and diamonds is almost impossible to count. According to Miss Danister, the cost of all the ritual materials in front of her is close to 400,000 gold pounds. There are no rare items that "only exist in limited quantities in the material world", which means that if Shade can collect 400,000 gold pounds, he can also start this ritual.

[Sell No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, you can too.]

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Shade retorted in his heart, and then as expected, he heard "her" laughter.

"Very good, very smooth."

Miss Danister said nervously, closing the black book floating beside her, and threw the "source of chaos" that emerged from the book back to Shade, causing the information in the book to disappear:

"Confirm the key."

"it's here."

Shade turned around and walked towards the elegant painted brown wooden desk. After driving away the lying cat, he opened the lid of the box and the luminous stone slab floated out. Because Shade didn't want to admit that all three keys were in his hands, so at this time he just took out the "Yellow Moon Slate" that originally belonged to St. Byrons.

"The key is here, the ceremony can begin."

Miss Danister nodded, and Shade walked out again with the dishonest cat in his arms, and the slate floated behind him. In the center of the huge mercury ritual array is a high platform with a silver mirror. Three slender rune lines extend from the bottom of the high platform, drawing three circles inside the ritual array.

Miss Danister stood in the circle on the far left, Shade stood on the far right, and then threw the "Source of Chaos" into the mercury circle in the center. The round orb was like an iron block attracted by a magnet, accurately falling into the circle and then floating above the ground.

Amidst the sound of whistles and bells, the life rings of the two ring warlocks appeared behind them. As the spiritual lights of the [Red Moon] and [Silver Moon] spiritual runes shine, the light of the yellow moon represented by [Source of Chaos] also shines on the silver mirror.

The silver mirror became a little illusory in the three overlapping rays of light, and the scenery of Room 2 on the second floor reflected in the mirror gradually changed into the scene of March suspended in the starry sky.

In the last step, the wordless black book flew towards the silver mirror on the high platform. As the book entered the inside of the mirror, the mirror itself exploded with a harsh sound. Thick white fog gushes out from each shattered mirror fragment and instantly envelopes the high platform.

Shade and Miss Danister both held their breaths, and even little Mia's eyes widened, looking curiously.

As the white mist dissipated, the original high platform had disappeared. The giant silver metal double doors, shining with the light of the stars and the moon, stood on the floor of No. 6 Saint Teresa Square, surrounded by fragments of the exploded antique silver mirror.

So sacred, so beautiful, so charming. On the holy silver metal doors, one depicts the trajectory of the starry sky and the moon, and the other depicts a white-robed sage sitting on a high stool. It was a lady whose head was turned and her appearance could not be seen clearly. The relief carving showed her beautiful profile. She was holding the moon in one hand and looking at the books on the desk with the other. bookshelf.

"[Silver Moon Library], finally"

Miss Danister almost moaned out these words and looked at the door in front of her with obsession:

"I can't imagine it. It's so beautiful."

The door was reflected in the eyes of the two people and the cat. Little Mia blinked her amber eyes. From a certain angle, her eyes almost turned silver-white at the moment. Shade, on the other hand, struggled to control his breathing. After the door appeared, his body underwent strange changes that he did not understand.

The beating speed of the heart suddenly accelerated, and the breathing rate was so high that even the chest was visibly rising and falling. He felt a certain force attracting him, a force that was very important to him, as if a part of his soul was missing, and the missing part was inside that door.

[This is your illusion, your soul is more complete than anyone else. 】

Due to the requirements of the ceremony, no lights were turned on at this time. All the doors in Room 2 were closed, and the windows in the living room were covered with curtains. Dots of light appeared in the sealed space as the "door" was summoned. Shade held Mia in his arms, and together with Miss Danister, they crossed the gorgeous starlight and came to the holy silver gate.

The two of them read out the incantation written in the wordless black book together:

"May the first silver moon protect me under the starry sky in the long night."

From top to bottom along the door crack, three rectangular grooves appeared one after another, the size of which was exactly the same as the size of the stone slab floating next to Shade at this time.

Without Miss Danister's reminder, Shade took the initiative to push the stone slab beside him, and it automatically floated towards the groove in the center. When the stone slab was tightly buckled into the giant silver door, a faint orange moonlight centered on the stone slab and extended up and down toward the crack of the door.

When the bright yellow moonlight completely soaked every inch of the door, silently, the door panel on the left with the stars and moon carved on it opened a gap. Of course, it was just a gap.

And behind the gap, there was indeed something familiar to Sha De, a dense mist like white silk wadding.

The door of the library summoned by the ritual can only be entered by those who participated in the ritual. In this case, it was two people. Shade then made a gesture of invitation. Miss Daniste bit her lower lip and looked at the door, nodded, and took the lead in walking into the door that was only opened a crack.

Next, Shade also walked in. Of course, he was still holding Mia. Because he usually brings this cat with him when entering this kind of space left by ancient gods, so the "Silver Moon Library" that can only be used by two people now has an extra cat, and Shade did not notice it.

White mist enveloped his whole body, and he felt warm as if he had returned home. He was at home. The soul became sluggish for a moment because of the beauty of this moment, and "her" welcome sounded in his ears:

[Outlander, you have entered the "Silver Moon Library". 】